The blue acrylic paint hit the crisp white fabric of the choir robe with a heavy, wet slap.
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Chapter 18 - THE CLEAN AUDITION
Spring auditions arrived.
Mr. Harrison redesigned process.
No student access to raw scores.
Two-person data entry.
Independent verification.
Conflict disclosure.
Randomized numbers.
Appeal procedure.
Students complained it was bureaucratic.
Good.
Boring systems prevent dramatic abuse.
Elias heard about it.
He considered auditioning.
Then didn't.
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